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MARVIN H BROWN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 26, 1930 – February 23, 1969
Service recordMarvin H Brown, of Bend, Oregon, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 23, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 90
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- August 26, 1930
- Home of record
- Bend, Oregon (Deschutes County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1969
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
209 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1969; 29 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 90
- JAMES BERENDSSpecialist Four · February 23, 1969
- ROBERT J BLAUT JRSpecialist Four · February 23, 1969
- MICHAEL JOHN BRADYPrivate First Class · February 23, 1969
- HAROLD GEORGE BRETONPrivate First Class · February 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND W CALLAHAN JRCaptain · Panel 32W, Line 92
- RAYMOND SUAREZ JRLieutenant Colonel · Panel 31W, Line 25
From Bend
- BENNIE LEE DEXTERTechnical Sergeant · May 9, 1966
- DON EDWARD DARNALLLance Corporal · October 22, 1966
- WILLIAM HARMON KOHOLance Corporal · March 14, 1967
- DOUGLAS DAVIS COFFMANCorporal · August 13, 1967
- WILLIAM RICHARD KLAWITTERLance Corporal · March 1, 1968
- JOHN PATRICK BROWNSecond Lieutenant · May 21, 1968
- DANIEL EUGENE SPENCER JRCorporal · November 12, 1968
- REX EARL RADERSpecialist Five · April 1, 1969
- RICHARD JERRY HORNBACKStaff Sergeant · May 17, 1969
- EDWARD MAYNARD HANSONPrivate First Class · September 13, 1969
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.